how to customise contextual menus in Word:Mac

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I learned something new this week: you can customise the contextual menus in Word:Mac. Here's how:

  1. In Word, go to the View menu, then select Customise Toolbars and Menus.
  2. In the Toolbars and Menus tab, scroll down to the bottom of the list and select Shortcut menus. A little toolbar with buttons for Text, table, and draw will appear. Move this toolbar to the side a bit so that you can see the whole dialog.
  3. Click on the Commands tab.
  4. On the left is a list of all of the Categories of commands that you can choose. If you select a category, the right list will update to show you the commands in that category.
  5. In the right list, find the command that you're looking for. Select it, drag it to the Text button in the little toolbar that you dragged off to the side in the second step, and then scroll through the list until you get to the contextual menu that you want to customise. Drop it where you want it to appear in that list.
  6. Repeat with the other commands and locations that you want.
  7. Click OK.
  8. Check out your handiwork in your contextual menu!